The Fire By The Sea

There wcre MTOD fishers with nets in their hnndw, ■ . j i aikcd mul tnlkeil by the naaide l&ndl ; Vet aweet mk the sweet dew-tail 'I'ho word th.-y s]ikf, though they spake so low, ■ tbc long, dim oantnnei flow, And we know thom- onu and all - Ayol kv.ow tin-m and loro them uil. s, ■-, . -i-, sad men in tlic days of old. And oti: waa gentlfl and ana was bold, And Hu walked with downcaat eyi - ; The lld was Peter, t)ic Kontlu waa John, And Uil'V uil wen' s:nl, lm (he Loi-d wus gone, AiiJ'iIjï knew nol lHe wonldiiso- not il tho deud would rise. The Hve-long night, till the moon went out, In th6 drowninp wntt'rs thoy l)tat ubout ; B( at sluivly throuifh the fogs tluir waj ; And the saib drqpped down with wringiui; wet, Am] na man drew but an empty net, And now 'twaa the break of theday- The grent gld bi-eak of the dny. ■■('ast oiir ih tb on the othti' side"- iTwos Jeaue speskinK acroai the Ude)- Aiirl th.y .ast nnd wero dragging hard ; Bui tha! .ü.'i; Ie whoin Jeroalorad, C'riud straightway out, fur liia heart was inoved ; " lt gonrxiaan ïxni - Our Master, and our Lord !' Theo Simon, girding his flahev's coat, Went over tbc nett and oit of the boat - Aye ! nrst of them all was he ; Bepenttng soi-e the dcniul p:ust, lic feared HO longsr bja heart to cast, an anchor, into the sen- Down Soep in Hm liungry sea, And the otlici-s, tliiwipli the mists 80 dim, In a little abip oama aftel hun, I Iragging thcir net through the nda : And whsu tiiey bad gatten siaae to the land Tliey wi%v a tiri' oí' coala in sand, And wit li arins of loveso wide, Jeaus, tiie cruciütxl ! 'Tis long, nnd long, and long ngo, biuce the rosy lights began to flow O'er the nills of Onlileo ; And uith eager ey) s and Hitad hunda . maaw on the nndi The tilt: of ooala by the aea - Ou the wet, wild sands by the sea. 'Tis long ago, yet faith in our souls Is kindledj ust by that tire "f coala 'lli.tt s'.n amed o'er the mista "t zoo sea; Wnere Peter, frirdinif his risher's coat, Went over the net and out t the boai, Tu .mswer, "Iov'st thou me f ThrioB over, ' Lovat thou mcl"